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gardens (ABamdmah). That Malik Jiwan was a Muhammadan, 

 and not a Bajah, as Marshrnan says, is clear from the fact that he 

 was chief of Dadar, and also from the title of Balchtydr Khan, which 

 Aurangzib conferred upon him as reward for his treachery. There 

 is no instance on record that the title of Khan was ever " conferred" 

 upon a Hindu. 



Dara and Sipihr Shikoh were escorted by Bahadur Khan and Malik 

 Jiwan to Dihli, where they arrived on the 14th or 15th Zi Hajjah 

 1069. They were confined in the palace of Khizrabad (Dihli). On 

 the 20th of the same month, Aurangzib ordered them to be paraded 

 (tashhir) on an elephant through the streets of Dihli, the inhabitants 

 of which were to satisfy themselves that it was really Dara ; else 

 false Daras were sure to create disturbances in future times. 

 Behind them on the elephant sat the desperate Nazar Beg, one of 

 Aurangzib's ' trust-worthy' slaves, and Bahadur Khan's troopers 

 formed the escort. 



Two days after Dara and Sipihr had been lodged at Khizrabad (i. e. 

 on the 16th or 17th Zi Hajjah), the people of Dihli expressed their 

 sympathies for Dara by attacking Malik Jiwan and his Afghans, 

 and the troopers of Bahadur Khan, as related in the histories. 

 The leader of the revolt was an Ahadi of the name of Haibat. He was 

 seized and executed. Aurangzib expected a general rising. " His 

 Majesty, therefore, animated by a desire to promote the religion of 

 the Prophet and obey his law, and compelled by circumstances and 

 a regard for his own rule," thought it necessary to kill Dara, " de- 

 termined no longer to allow the Prince's atheism (ilhdd) and rebel- 

 liousness—each a sufficient reason in itself for killing him — to 

 interfere with the peace of the country." (' Alamgirndmah.) 



The order was given the day after Dara had been paraded in the 

 streets, on the 21st Zi Hajjah 1069; and Saif Khan, and several 

 trustworthy Chelahs (slaves), as Nazar Beg, killed Dara, in the 

 beginning of the night at Khizrabad (Tuesday evening, 30th August, 

 1659).* His body was taken to Humayiin's tomb, and buried below 



* The last day (29th Zi Hajjah) of the year 1069 coincides with Wednesday, 

 7th September, 1659. Hence tho 21st Zi Hajjah is Tuesday, 30th August. 

 The Muhammadan Historian say, Darn, was killed on a Wednesday evening. 

 This fully agrees with our computation ; for the Muhammadan Wednesday 

 commenced on Tuesday, 6 o'clock p. m. 



